Come Out Of The Winepress
on November 27th, 2021
The angel of the LORD came and sat down under the oak tree in Ophrah that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, where his son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress to keep it from the Midianites. When the angel of the LORD appeared to Gideon, he said, "The LORD is with you, Mighty Warrior.""Pardon me, my lord," Gideon replied, "but if the LORD is with us, why has all this happened to us? Where are... Read More
Don't Be Afraid When God Diminishes The Force
on November 26th, 2021
The LORD said to Gideon, "You have too many men, I cannot deliver Midian into their hands, or Israel would boast against me, 'My own strength has saved me.' . . . So twenty-two thousand men left, while ten thousand remained.But the LORD said to Gideon, "There are still too many men. Take them down to the water, and I will thin them out for you there. If I say, "This one shall go with you, he shal... Read More
Are You Prepared To Tear Down the False Altars?
on November 25th, 2021
So Gideon built an altar to the LORD there and called it The LORD is Peace. . . . That same night the LORD said to him, "Take the second bull from your father's herd, the one seven years old. Tear down your father's altar to Baal and cut down the Asherah pole beside it. Then build a proper kind of altar to the LORD your God on the top of this height. Using the wood of the Asherah pole that you cu... Read More
You Are Stronger Than You Think
on November 23rd, 2021
The Israelites did evil in the eyes of the LORD, and for seven years He gave them into the hands of the Midianites. [The MIdianites] . . . so impoverished the Israelites that they cried out to the LORD for help. . . . The angel of the LORD came and sat under the oak in Ophrah that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, where his son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress to keep it from the Midiani... Read More
The Amazing Compassion of God
on November 22nd, 2021
Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died at the age of a hundred and ten. . . . After that whole generation had been gathered to their ancestors, another generation grew up who knew neither the LORD nor what He had done for Israel. Then the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the LORD and served the Baals. . . .They followed and worshiped various gods of the peoples around them. They arou... Read More
The Beginning Of The End
on November 21st, 2021
The angel of the LORD went up from Gilgal to Bokim and said, "I brought you up out of Egypt and led you into the land I swore to give to your ancestors. I said, 'I will never break my covenant with you, and you shall not make a covenant with the people of this land, but you shall break down their altars.' Yet you have disobeyed me. Why have you done this?And I have also said, 'I will not drive the... Read More